Work-feeding punching-machine.



No. 829,250. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

0. s. 'BEYER. WORK FEEDING PUNGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1903.

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'ABILIOATIOH FILED BEPT.24, 1903.

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0. S. BEYBR. WORK FEEDING PUNGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1903.

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' vefiozry ()T'li) lvEYi llt, OF EA ST R TTHERFORD, NICKY JERSEY, ASSIGNOR E. W. BLiSS COMPANY. A CORPORA'ilON OF WEST \"lRGlNIA.

WQRK EEDlNG PUNEi-HNG-MA-CFHNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A.ug.21,1 906.

Application filedseptember 24,1903. Serial No. 174.458.

To a 14171101711 ifi wtay concern.-

Be it known that l, ()TTO S. HEYER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Rutherford,county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vorkd ecding' Punching-Machinos, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to workfeeding punclung-machines, and has more particular referei'ice to automatic mechanism for punching a sheet of material up into blanks, such as bottlecaps, canheads, &c.

In the art it has been customary to provide feeding mechanism, in connection with.

die mechanism, adapted to feed a sheet of material transversely and in a forward direction with relation to the said die mechanism, the blanks being punched out one at a time in transverse rows, the forward or advance feeding movement taking place after each transverse row has been finished. To utilize all the material possible, the adjacent rows of blanks are generally staggered in a wellknown manner. The feeding mechanism as heretofore used, however, could not he ad justed to produce'a varying number of rows of blanks with a varying number of blanks in each row, the same number of rows with the same number of blanks in each row being always produced in the same machine. I

My invention contemplates the production of a machine in which a variably-predetermined number of transverse rows of blanks can be punched out with a variably-predetermined number of blanks in each row, the blanks being purched out one at a time so that if a relatively small size of blank is desired a greater number of rows "in be punched out, while if a relatively large size of blank is desired a less number of rows are punched out in the same machine, the number of blanks in each row varying in accordance with the size of the blank, so that all the ma terial is used, while the size of the sheet from which the blanks are produced remains constant, though a constant size of sheet need not be used.

A further disadvantage experienced in former machines lies in the fact that the aimsment of the feeding mechanism has not always been reliable. By introducing locking means for both the advance and transverse feeding mechanisms I obtain a perfect alinement which can be adjusted to suit. the size of blanks to be produced and the number of transverse rows to be stamped out, together with the number of blanks in each row.

T he machine will preferably be automatic throughout, the throw of a single lever controlling all the operating mechanism and cousin the machine to go through a prescribe cycle of movements a predetermined number of times, after which it stops automatically. In so doing it can be adjusted to perform the prescribed c cle of movements a variably-predetermined number of times, corresponding to the number of transverse rows of blanks to be stamped out and to the number of blanks in each row.

The machine will conveniently be operated from a single shaft controlled by some suitable device, as a clutch. Vhcn this clutch is thrown into engagement with the actuating mechanism, the machine will continue to operate until the clutch is thrown out again. My machine is so cmistructcd that the clutch will not be thrown out until the forward or advance feeding mechanisn'i has traveled a certain distance, which is the limit of its movement, when the parts will automatically operate means for throwing the clutch out of engagen'icnt with the actuating mechanism,

thus stopping the machine. changing the number of steps of the forward feeding mechanism in traversing a certain distance the number of rows of blanks punched out will be dotermim-ul. ,l iikewise by varying the number of transverse steps which the transverse feediln u'ieehanism takes to traverse the limit oi the transverse movement the number of blanks in each row will be determinixl.

in the automatic construction shown in the present application, which is a preferred form, there are provided suitable actuating mechanism, which, in addition to operating the feeding and die mechanisms act to operate the locking mechanism for the said feeding mechanisms. A clutch, as previously stated, will preferably be utilized "to control the actuating mechanism. .Suitable means are provided for throwing the clutch into engagement with the actuating mechanism, after which the machine goes through a prescribed cycle of movements a variably-predetermined number of times and then automatically stops. Means, however, ar eprm partalres of the motion of both.

" aided 0? stopping the machine at will, and

is thrown out of engagement with the actuating mechanism,

I the locking means being locked. V i hen the said lever is moved in one direction from its central position, the clutch is thrown into engagement with the actuatmg mechanism, the locking means being thereby Withdrawn when the machine starts, and when the said lever is moved in the oposite direction from'its central position the ocliing means are withdrawnindependently oi the actuating mechanism and clutch, which latter remains out of engagement with the actuating mechanism.

The feeding mechanisms for the sheet comprise in part a forwardly-moving carrings and a transversely-moving carriage mounted one upon the other and supporting a suitable sheet-gripping device, which latter In the present instance the transversely-moving carriage is mounted on the forwardly-moving carriage, the sheet-gripping device being mounted in turn upon the transverselymoving carriage. The forwardly-moving carriage is movahly supported in the framework. Suitable driving mechanism for moving this carriage step by step is provided, consisting in straight racks carried by the said forwardlymoving carriage and meshing with two gears, which in turn are controlled by a ratchet and pawl for obtaining an intermittent progress- We motion in one direction 7 only. This pawl is operated by means of a cam and connections or through other suitable means. The transversely-moving carriage is supported by and s ides on the forwardly-mov mg carriage, although the order might be reversed without the exercise of invention, and travels with the said forwardly-moving carriage in a forward direction. To impart the transverse feeding motion step by step to this transversely-moving carriage at any point in a forward or longitudinal direction in a simple and effective manner, I provide 'a centrally-disposed and longitudinally-ex tending intermediate gear of a length substantially equal to the length of the feeding motion of the forwardly-moving carriage, together with means for driving said gear alte metely in opposite directions, and for trans rearing; t e motion or the said intermsaiiatev the present instance of two tu inal portions on somatic gear to the transversely-moving carriage. From this long intermediate gear the feeding motion can of course be imparted to-the transversely-moving carriage at anypoint to which it may be carried during its travel in a forward and transverse direction. This motion,however, is preferably imparted through a pinion carried by the forwardly-moving carriage and a transversely-moving rack carried by the transverselymoving carriage. The long intermediate gear in turn is operated from a transversely-moving rack sliding in the framework and provided with two opposed straight ratchets with which engage two pawls. Means are further provided for throwing the said pawls alternately in and out of engagement with the said ratchets. Motion is imparted to these pawls in any suitable manner, as by means of a cam and connections.

To obtain the staggered effect of adjacent transverse rows of blanks, the advance and transverse feeding mechanisms are arranged to operate as follows: Before the transverse feeding takes place an initial forward step of the sheet has to be taken, which with the present construction occurs simultaneously, or substantially so, with the first step in a transverse direction, the combined forward and transverse step bringing the sheet into the desired position with relation to the die mechanism. The transverse feeding motion then continues step by step until the end of the transverse movement has been reached in one direction, after which another forward step is taken, preferably simultaneously with the first transverse ste in the op osite direction. In other words, a forward step has to be taken preparatory to the transverse feeding motion, another forward step being taken after the limit of the transverse motion has been reached in either direction. It is evident if the initial step of the transverselymoving'carriage or the initial stroke of either of the straight ratchets were of equal length with the succeeding strokes that the adjacent rows of blanks would not be staggered. The two ratchets are thuIGfOIO so posziIoned with relation to each other that at the moment when one pawl disengages with one ratchet and the other pawl engages with the other ratchet the initial stroke of the paw cnga ing1 with the ratchet will move the lat-t r on 3* ha f the distance of the succeeding strokes, so that the initial'step of the transverselvonoving carriage is of a length equal to substantially half the distance of the succeedingsteps.

The locking means referred to will preferabl take the form of two removable longithe framework having eacha series of longitudinally-disposed apert1ires,.a removable transverse portion on the transversely-moving carriage having transversely-disposed apertures and ice -pins on. the forwardly-moving carriage for eng' straight ratchot's shown in Fig. 10.

ing with the said apertures. arrangement could of course :be reversed or other means substituted without evading the principle of the invention, and. the claims should be so constructed. The locking-pins referred .to will preferably be located on rock-shafts transversely disposed and traveling with the forwardly-moving carriage. Motion will preferably be imparted to t e said traveling rock-shafts from stationary and longitudinally-dis )osed rock-shafts on both sides of the machine through suitable means traveling over the said stationary rock-shafts and with the forwardly-moving carriage.

The die mechanism, as previously pointed out, may of course be of any suitable construction, depending upon the style of product desired, and may be constructed merely to punch the sheet into blanks or both to punch and. draw up the blanks from the sheet. When, as in the present instance, the die mechanism is adapted to both punch and draw up the blank, a positive stripping mechanism is provided, actuated by cams or otherwise; in that instance also means are rovided for removing or pushin out the lilank from the die mechanism, all of which will be more mtrricularly described hereinafter.

Other objects and improvements will appear as the specification proceeds.

To facilitate the explanation of my invention, l have embodied it in a machine shown in the accompanying drawings, to the precise construction oi which, however, l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself, it being obvious that changes ol construction can he made without departing from the s irit of the invention and the scope of the claims.

in the said drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a machine embodying my-invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine on'a slightly larger scale. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. i is a do tailedview showing the coin for actuating the advance and transverse feeding mechanisms. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the feed-table with parts removed to lacilitate the explanation of the invention. through the said iced-table, also with parts removed, on the line :1; of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view shoving the shoot ol' material partly acted upon hy my machine, indicatii'ig the movement oi the transverse and advance feeding mechanism. Fig. 8 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 1/ y of Fig. 5. Fig. i) is a sectioril of the punch and adjacent parts oi the die meohar Fig. ii) is a detailed view ot some of the parts for imparting motion to the trcrt-iverse feeding i'ncchanism. Fig. ii is a top view of the pawls for engaging with. the Fig. 12

Fig. 6 is a sectional vieiv This order of is a sectional view on the line 2 z of Fig. Figs. 13 and 14 are sectional detailed views showing the locking-pins for the iorward and transverse feeding mechanisms. ig. 1.5 is a detailed view showing one ol the front gages for the sheet. Figs. 16, i7, and tailed views of the pawl-and-ratchet mechanism controlling the advance i'ccdii'ig mechanism. Figs. 19 and 20 are enlarged detailed views oi the lever connections as they appear in Fig, 1. Figs. 21, 22, '23, 24, 25, and 26 are detail and sectional views of the lever connections shown more specifically in Figs. if; and 30. Fig. 27 is a sectional view of the die part proper. Figs. s, 39, and 30 are detail views of the stripping mechanism of the die mechanism.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the dii-l'orent views. construction and adapted to support the va rious parts or the machine in the proper manner.

2 denotes the die mechanism, and 3 the foedtabl i, arranged in front of the said die mechanism.

'lhe other main parts of the machine are indicated follows:

4 is the advance feeding mechanism, 5 the transverse feeding mechanism, and 6 is the shot-:t-gripping device.

The motionnnparted to the various parts will. preferably be obtained from a single power-shaft '7 although of course there he no invention in operating it from several shults.

S is the stripping mechanism.

'.he innnediate elements which move the sheet forwardly and transversely are the forwardly-n'ioving. carriage 9 and the transversolynnoving carriage 10, mounted one upon the other, so that the sheet will pan take of both motions. In the present instance the transversely-moving carriage is mounted and slides upon the'forwardly-moving carriage.

The forward or advance feeding mecharn ism is constructed as follows: A forw'ardl moving carriage 9 is mounted slidably in t 16 framework and rovided in this case with two longitudina ly-disposed racks 11, al though one or any number of racks could he used, and the claims should be constructed accm-dingiy. ldeshing with these racks are two gears 12, mounted on the transverse shaft 13. Mounted adjacent to one of said gears and moving with the same is a ratchet 14, with which engages the pawl 15, mounted on the pin 16 and driven suitably from the power-shalt, as by means of the bell-crank l7, lover 18, connected at one end with. the said bell-crank and adiustably attached at its other end with the slide 1.9 of the pivoted lever 20, connected with the yoke 21, carrying the roll 22, engaging with the cam 23.

i-indicates a framework of any suitable would in are de- Lil 5 which the shes I This imparts an intermittent progressive motion in one direction only to the ratchet aforesaid, and consequently to the gears 12.

The transverse feeding mechanism con- 5 sists of the transversely-movingcarriage 10,

feeding motion, is mounted in the flame work. Carried by the forwardly-moving carriage'9 and moving with the same is a pinion 26, meshing with the transverse-rack 27, carried by the transversely-moving carriage. Sliding in the framework is a transverse rack 28, engaging with the intermediate gear and carrying two transversely-disposed straight ratchets 29 and 30; Located below the said straight ratchets are two pawls 31 and 32, mounted on the sliders 33 and 34, traveling in the grooves 35 and 36 of the framework. Thesepawls are normally held in engagement with the straight ratchets by means of the sprin 37 and are adapted to be thrown alternate y out of and into engagement with the said ratchets by means of the fiat pieces 38 by the latter coming into contact with the heels 39 and 40 on the transversely-moving rack 28 at the end of the feeding motion in each direction, so that the said pawls will alternately engage with the said ratchets to move the transverselymoving carriage in opposite directions. The sliders 33 and 34 are suitably reciprocated by means of the'levers 41 and 42, attached to the said sliders with one end and secured. to the 'levers 43 and 44 on the rock-shaft 45 at their other ends. The rock-shaft 45 is disposed o longitudinally at one side of the framework and receives its motion from the power-shaft 7 by means of the lever 46, extending from the said rock-shaft 45 to the slide 19, where it is adjustably secured and is operated from 5 the same cam as lever18 for the forward feeding mechanism.

The sheet-gripping device moves with the forwardly and transversely moving carriages and is in the present instance mounted on the transversely moving carriage. This sheet-gripping device comprises two jaws 47 and 48, the lower one of which is stationary and the upper one of which is pivoted on the pins 49 by means of one or more bell-cranks 50. The arms 51 of the bell-cranks are suitably connected to the rockshaft 52 by means of the crank-levers 53 and links 54. A suitable gripping-handle 55 the rock-shaft 52, by means of which the 'device is operated. This makes a very positive gripping device for holding the sheet. hen the machine is ready to be operated, Y the sheet occupies the position indicated in 5, which, as will be noted, is a position in t ianot in over the die m choperate on] is attached to.

anism. Before the transverse feeding takes place an initial forward step of the sheet has to be taken, which with the present construc: tion occurs simultaneously, or substantially so, with-the first. st in a transverse d1rection, the combined fii ste bringing the sheet in roper position with relation to the die. he, transverse feed thencontinues until the-end of the movement is reached, when another forward step is taken simultaneously with the first transverse step in the o posite direction.- In

other words, a forwar step has to be taken reparatory to the transverse feed, another orward step being taken after'the limlt of the transverse movement has been reached in either direction. The path of travel of the sheet is indicated in Fig. 7 and the efi'ect upon the sheet in the same view. An equal number of blanks will of course be punched out in each row, though the. position of adjacent rows of blanks will be staggered. In order to obtain this staggered eflect, the initial step in each transverse direction should be only half of the succeeding steps. This of feet is obtained by positioning the tt wo.

straight ratchets so with relation to each other that at the moment when one pawl disengages with one of the said ratchets and, the

other pawl engages with the other ratchet the initial movement of the awl engaging with the ratchet will move t e latter only half the distance moved onthe succeeding ste s. For this reason the cam 23 is provi ed with a surface 56, which acts as a dwell, so that the movement of each step .of both the forward and transverse feed. is interru ted, the can;

ste the sheet will move half a step forward am half a step in an oblique direction, as indicated in Fig. 7, partaking during the latter half of both a forward and transverse movement, while during the first half it partakes of a forward movement only. On the succeeding steps the sheet will make a full ste each time in a transverse direction until the rward and transverse -23 affecting both feeds .ali e. The effect of this is that on the initial limit of movement in a transverse direction I is reached.

From the foregoing it will appear thatthetransverse eeding mechanism is ated after each blank while the forward feeding mechanism will after a whole'row of blanks has been punc ed out. In other words, the transverse feeding mechanism is continuously' in engagement with its actuating means, while the forward feeding mechanism has to be thrown in and out with its actuating means at riods. To effect this en gagement of the forwar being 0 erthe proper peagement and disene iagin with the roli-58.-carried bv the nawl dmo unted has been punc ed.

of engagement:

feeding mechanism with its actuating mechanism, I construct the pawl 15 with a pawl-lifter 57,

eases-e 59 of the ratchet 14, it being a slot (50, so that it can be raised up and down to engage and disengage the pawl with its ratchet. The means for moving the pawl-lifter up and down comprise a pin 61,, carried at the lower end of the aw. 'ter, embraced by the bifurcated arm 62 oi the bell-crank lever ($33, pivoted on the stud 64, whose other arm has a pin on.

Suitable locking mechanism for the forwardly and transversely moving carriages is provided so as to obtain perfect alincment, the said locking mechanism being adjustable to enable a variabl ,*--predete1rninod number of rows of blanks with a variably-predetermined number of blanks in each row to he produced. The locking mechanism will preferably take the form of locking-pins adapted to engage with corresponding; aper tures to lock and unlocl: the carriages after each step. It will of course he understood that the locking: mechanism forthe forwardlymoving carriage and the locking mechanism for the transversely-moving carriage are operated independently of each other and in con'unction with or'timed to operate at perio s corresponding to the movements of their respective carriage or feed mechanism. 4 The locking mechanism for the forward feeding mechanism is as follows: iv'iounted on the framework are two longitudinally-extending strips or portions 67, stationaril y lo cated and longitudinally disposed, having each a series of longitudinally-disposed apertures 68. 69 and 70 are pivoted lockingpins suitably mounted on the forwardlymoving carriage, the pin 69 being mounted on thetransversely-extending rock-shaft or sleeve 71, located in front of the machine and on the bushing provided with moving with the said foiwvardly-moving car- -riage. The pin 70 1s located on the transversely-extending rock-shaft 72, also moving with the forwardly-movirig carriage. L0- cated atright angles to the shafts 71 and 72 and on either side of the machine are two longitudinallydisp0sed rock-shafts 7 3 and 74. These shafts 73 and 74- are stationarily located and impart their rocking motion to the traveling shafts 7t and 72 by means of the crank-levers 75 and 76, connected ry the links 77, The shafts 73 and 74 must of course be timed to operate at periods corre sponding to the action of the forward feeding me'chanisn'i and conveniently receive their motion from the means for lifting and lower ing the pawl-lifter. They could ofcourse be operated separately to correspond with the action of the pawl-lifting means; but to simplify the construction of the machine and to avoid a needless n'iultiplieity of elements I prefer to mount a longitudinally-extending rock-shaft 78 in the framework, Jarrying a crank-lever 79, having a pin 8 engaging with the slotted link 81,1novmgw1th the ellcrank 63. The 1ocl -shaft 78 is suitably connected to the rock-shaft 7.3 by means of the crank-levers 82 and S3 and connectinn-lever ()n the other side of the machine another longitudinally-disposml rock-shaft 85, sin'iilar to the shaft 78 and moving in unison with. the latter by means of'the crank-levers 86 and 87 and connection-lever 88. The rock-shaft is connected to the rock-shaft 74 in the same manner as the shaft 78 connects with the shaft T3-viz., by means of the crank-levers 89 and 0t) and connecting lever ill. in this way the two forward locking-pins are caused to engage and disengage with their corresponding apertures at time corresponding to the engagement and disengagement of the pawl with the ratchet for causing the forward feed, the pins snapping into their corresponding apertures by means of the springs 92 and being withdrawn by means of the motion of the bell crank 63. The bell-crank 63 is operated from means which act once to every revolution of the machine, suhiect to mechanism which act to allow the operation to take effect only at the end of each transverse movement of the transversely-movingcarriage.

T he means for operating the bell-crank 63 to rock the same are as follows: Mounted in the framework is a longitudinally-disposed rock-shaft 93, carrying loosely a hell-crank 94, one lever 95 of which carries a hooked lever 96, adapted to ngage and disenga e with the pin 66 on the bell-cranlc 63. T e other lever 97 of the hcll-crank 94 is connected with the cam 98 on the shaft 7 through bell-crank 99, connecting-lever 100,1ever 101, androll 102. i

The mechanism which allows the cam 98 to operate the bell-crank 63 only at the end of each transverse movement is as follows: Parallel with the rock-shafts 73 and 74 and located, preferably, in the same plane are lo- *cated two longitudinally-disposed and stationarily-locatcd rocksl1afts 103 and 104, one on either side of the machine. Mounted on these rock-shafts and traveling with the forwardly-moving carriage are two rocking dogs 105 and 166, with which engage the pins 107 and 108, carried by the transverselymoving carriage at the end of each transverse movement. The rocl-t-shaft Hi3 iscon nected with the rock-shaft 109 by means of the cranielevers 110 and 111 and connectinglever 112. The rock-shaft 109 is adapted to move the hooked lever 96 into and out of engagement with the pin 66 of the bell-crank 63 by means of the roll 11.3. When the transverselymoving carriage comes to the end of its transverse movement in one direction, the pin 107 engages with the rocking dog 105 and through that transmits its motion to the connections just described and causes the hooked lever 96 to engage with the pin 66, thereby allowing the cam 98 to rock the bellcrank 63, thus lowering the pawl-lifter and withdrawing the forward locking-pins, and thereby also allowi the forward i'eed mechamsm to operate. The pawl-lifter islifted up again by means of the spring 11. 1 acting 5 against the bell-crank 63. a

Mounted onthe other side of the machine 18 the longitudinal shaft 115, similar to the shaft 109, with wliich latter it is connected by means of the crank-levers 116 and 117' i0 and connecting-lever 118. The shaft 115 in turn is connected with the shalt 1 by meansbf the crank-levers 119 and 120 and connecting-lever 121, so that when the transvetsclyem i; can'iage has completed its movement in the opposite direction from its 01.18 movement the pin 108 will enga e Witl1"the rocking do 106' and operate ."the

"'hoblced-ilever 96 m 't e same manner as previously described. The dogs 105 and 106 eoiarenormally kept in an upright position b meatcls'o'lt' the springs 122, only one of'wliic is'seen.

. Ala-previously sta'ted,'the transversely-movcarriage is also rovided with looking :meana'which prefers 1 take the form of a {A "transverselycxtendmg ar123,having transwersely-disposed apertures 124, the said bar moving with the transversely-moving carg'riage. Mounted on the forwardly-moving 3o carniage-isia'transversely-dis osed shaft 125, v a: w I. a lockingin 126, a apted to engage f and'disengage wit the apertures aforesaid. For convemence sake this shaft 125 in lo 'cated inside of the shaft 71. Located startiena'rily on one side of the machine is a longztudmallydisposed rock-shaft 127, parallel "with'the shafts 73 and 10s. This shaft 127 [is connected with the shaft 125 by means of thm'ank-levers 128 and 129 and link 130.. 46 i 'rock-shaift '1 27 "is in turn connected with 131-,"50 :as to withdraw'the transverse locking- *once to every revolution of the shaft 7' ;.'and- .to correspond to each transverse step taken by the transversely-moving carriage.

""I'he tnansverse locking-pm is snap ed back its-aperture by the action of t as ring 5.5 136 ion the am 137, moving wit the leyer'131. The side extensions 138 of the 'iorwai'dl -moving carriage travel over the l "lengitudm'alshafts 73 74 103 104 127,Which latter-to that'end are'square in cross-section, 6 o 'as'shown; I a.

' 1 As has'been previously indicated, the rocking-dogs 105'and'106 and the levers located in the said longitudinal shafts 73 74 108 124 r 127, which impartmotion to the same, must.

osJtrave'l with the forwardly moving carriage.

ssasso The said dogs and levers are accordingly carried by sleeves 131), which are interposed between theside extensions 138 and the said 'lon itudinal shafts and which are provided wit collars 1 10, so as to move with the said forwardly-moving carriage. 'lhe fact that the shafts are square in cross-section prevents circu mferen tial displacement. The shaft 7 is controlled by the clutch 1 11 of any suitable construction. 1 r in 142 is an operating-lever controlling the several mechanisms composing the machine and mounted on the longitudinally-extending shaft 143. 1 When this lever is thrown to a the right, the clutch-latch 14s is withdrawn through the crank-lever 145, mounted on the shaft 143,.hcoked lever 146,.hell-crank 147, rod 148, pivoted lever 149, and rod 150. The spring 151 normally tends. to hold the latch in its closed osition.

152 in icates pivoted front gages for the sheet extendin up through the apertures 153 of the feed-ta le. Mounted in the framework is a bell-crank 154, connected at one end with the crank-lever 145, mounted on go the rock-shaft 143, by means oflink 155. A lever 156 is provided, moving with the front gages and connected with the bell cranlz15t y means of'the link 157.

' Mounted in the framework is a bell-crank 158 adjacent tothe hooked lever 146 and for" v convenience sake located on the same stud as thehell-crank 154. This bell-crank 158 is connected with the rod 159, rovided with. the expansion-spring 160, w ich normally ce tends to hold the said bell-crank 158 in its lowermost position. Mounted on the said rod 159 is a collar 161. Mounted on the rocking dog 106 is a projection 162, which comes in position adjacent to the collar 161 when the forwardly-moving carria c. has come to the end of its movement, ig 22p When the transversely-moving carriage now ponies to the end of its movement in either direction, depending uponwhich side it fin "z in ishes on, the motion imparted to either with roe dogs 105 or 106, which movein unison, will be communicated through the projection 162 to the collar 161, compressing the spring 160, and thereby moving the hooked lever 1 16 out of engagement with the bell- .cranlr 147, thereby allowing the clutch-latch to retnrn'and the machine to stop automatically. Ifit is desired to stop the machine dnring its operation at will, it is only necessary r20 to throw the lever 1 12 into its central vertical osition.

vi hen it is desired to withdraw the lockingpins for the forwardly and transversely mov- 1 mg carriages by hand andindependently [of i the actuatingimechanisin, the lever. 1 12 should be thrown to the left, or in a direction from its central position opposite to thatin which it isthrown when it is desired to start the machine. The means for efiecting this we and link 166.

ing with the main slide. .ries a roll 194, engaging Nll/ii tne cam surfuce other slide 105?,

independent withdrawal of the locking-pins are constructed as follows: The shaft 143 on which lever 142 is mounted, carries a small cam 1.63. Pivoted adjacent thereto is e lever 164, carrying a roll 165, with which the said cani 163 engages. ihis lever is connected with the lever connections for onera-ting the forward locking-pins by means of rod 210 ll'hen the lever 142 therefore is thrown to the left, the forward loclring-pins are withdrawn through the instrurnentality of the means just described and through the connections previously set forth. The lever 8S, however, is provided with a slotted link ilz57,engaging with the pin 16% on the lever lot), attached. to the rock-shaft 95, so that the lockingypin .for the transverse carriage is withdrawn by the same n'ioven'ient.

The die mechanism consists in oi? a die proper, 170, which is normallyl .ald up by the hell-crank 171, actuated. by the spring 1712, the tension of which is adjustable h means of the hand-"wheel 173. The punch 17% is operated by the main slide 175 Besides the foregoing there is also a die and punch (nin'nhered, respectively, 176 and 17.7) for cutting up the scrap.

The die 170 is provided with two pins 173,

carried by the plate 179, normally held in an uppermost. position hy the lever 180, acting upon. the sleeve 179, by reason of the spring 182. The pins 178 are moved down by means of the earn 183, roll 184, rod 185, lever 1S6, shaft 187, rod 188, and lever 189.

The punch 174 is provided with a knockout, formed in the prcsei'it instance by the member 190, normally held up by the spring 191. 192 is a lever nivoted at 193 and mov- At one end car- .n}, so that when it has traveled a certain distance with the slide it acts to move the 1.

ineniher 100 down by pressing on the pin Z96, therein" compressing the spring i911 When, as in the present instance, t acts hoth to cut and draw up the hi positive strippingniechanisn'i has to he provided. This will preferably till) the form of two jaws 19, and 1 -5, carried. hy the slide 201. Above .rl xfing the lin animated to move n'idepcndcntly a cc 1- i tiince oi the slide 201. A bridged portion 30!) passes over the slide 109 and is attached to the slide 201. A bolt 301, with a spring 302, passes through the bridged portion 300, the slide 199,1:1111 slide 201 move in the ololono hole 303, The parts are sultchlv o nn'ifted from the .e i-x-entiir'a 202, rod 2H3, levers 204 and 3115, and links :06.

it will he seen that when the links 206 move the slide 109 ln-icku'ard it will he moved independcntlv oi the slide 201 until the holt 301 comes to the end of the olden;- hole 303,

051, attached to the piste- ,it llGlllfi free to when it will carry the spring 302 with it and also close the jaws slantingly. The reverse movement will take place on the forward stroke oi the parts. From this it will be understood that when the punch descends the blank will he punched and drawn up. The two pins 178, owing to their movement independent of the die, will hold the blank up in the punch as the letter ascends; The two jaws ofthe stri per mechanisn'iwill now move forward and the pins 178 be withdrawn by the cam and connections, while the memher 190 will move downward and push the blank out of the punch and onto the two jaws of the strippen' which latter will then move backward and deposit the blank on the in clined surface 207.

By changing the longitudinal and trans P 111 Fig.

the sheet-gripping deoicefthe lever 142 thrown to the right. This will have the effeet of witl'idrawing the front gages and the latch of the clutch, causing the machine to start. In the said position 4 or-hing dogs 105 and 106 will he in such a pos 1 that the hooked lever 96 will he in engag, lent with the l ell-cranlq 63, so that as the shaft 7 rotates he pawldifter will he pulled down and the locking-pins for the forward and transverse feed he withdrawn. The forwardlyand the transversely-movelso take a step each 111 ill is ,ection, thus "bringing the sheet iii-1c propel isition with relation to the the locking-pins snapping in position as soon as the step has been takexn The punt-h th n descends and produces a hlanh' which is isposed oi in the manner previously set forth. As soon 1L5 the first step has heel; taken in :1 transverse direction the rocking d: s 1 15 W53 will ass "2 their normal position lhcrelrv discon iccting the hooked lever I16 from the hell-crank 63, so that on the next rotation ol the shaft 7 only the transverse locking-pins will be withd 'awn and the transverse feed take place, no forward feeding taking place, owing to the fact that the pawldil'ter has neon moved up hv the sprin; 114. Another hlank is then Ill'mllH'Hl. This continues until the trans rersel wnloving carriage has reachei'l the limit. olits movenu-nl in one direct-ion, when it acts upon one of the dogs Mound lufito die mechanism,

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